Mal’chik Rob [Boy Rob]

A children’s book by Anna Kardashova printed in 1952 on the hard life of Black people in the United States. It tells the story of Little Rob who lives with his family in a tiny shack in the middle of a big city in America.

Published in Stalin’s time, the book represents a period when the Soviet Union was actively engaged in propaganda on how life in the Soviet Union was equal for all races and nationalities.